English
Hades
Hades comes from Proto-Indo-European *n̥wids ‘unseen’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*n̥wids‘unseen’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEᾍδης
- Englishearliest quotation 1971Hades
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*n̥wids‘unseen’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEᾍδης
- Englishearliest quotation 1971Hades
Earliest quotation: 1971, Marcus Brooke, To Hades and Back (Hic) With Homer’s Help: “I have just returned from a visit to Hades,…”
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *n̥wids
Today it means
name The god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Poseidon.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *n̥wids / Hades